Henrik Lundqvist: 'If I kept playing I could have had a stroke'

New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist provided more detail about the neck injury that will keep him out for at least three weeks on Sunday, calling the injury "a sprained blood vessel" and saying that "if I kept playing, I could have had a stroke."

New York Rangers goaltender Henrik Lundqvist provided more detail on Sunday about the neck injury that will keep him out for at least three weeks, calling the injury "a sprained blood vessel" and saying that "if I kept playing, I could have had a stroke."

Lundqvist sustained the injury on Jan. 31 after taking a puck to the throat in a game vs. the Carolina Hurricanes. After a few moments down on the ice, he remained in the game and also played in the Rangers' next game, Monday vs. the Florida Panthers. Both were wins for the Rangers, but the 32-year-old goaltender was reportedly experiencing intermittent headaches and underwent a series of examinations on Wednesday.